KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two Cascade Collegiate Conference teams appeared on the preseason edition of the NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
The CCC preseason favorite Bushnell University opens the year ranked No. 22 in the NAIA, while Eastern Oregon University grabbed some votes.
2021-22 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Preseason Poll (Oct. 27, 2021)
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
4 |
Westmont (Calif.) [19] |
15-1 |
560 |
| 2 |
1 |
Thomas More (Ky.) |
29-2 |
542 |
| 3 |
3 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
20-3 |
496 |
| 4 |
5 |
Marian (Ind.) [1] |
27-6 |
494 |
| 5 |
10 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
26-3 |
493 |
| 6 |
7 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
29-3 |
490 |
| 7 |
6 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
21-3 |
426 |
| 8 |
2 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
13-1 |
413 |
| 9 |
17 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
22-9 |
398 |
| 10 |
15 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
7-5 |
389 |
| 11 |
12 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
19-5 |
377 |
| 11 |
20 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
24-6 |
377 |
| 13 |
14 |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
27-4 |
376 |
| 14 |
13 |
Indiana Tech |
27-3 |
314 |
| 15 |
18 |
Lyon (Ark.) |
15-2 |
312 |
| 16 |
11 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
19-6 |
284 |
| 17 |
RV |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
13-6 |
277 |
| 18 |
9 |
Sterling (Kan.) |
30-1 |
237 |
| 19 |
8 |
Clarke (Iowa) |
23-3 |
226 |
| 20 |
RV |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
18-4 |
169 |
| 21 |
RV |
Montana Western |
17-10 |
138 |
| 22 |
NR |
Bushnell (Ore.) |
11-2 |
135 |
| 23 |
21 |
Loyola (La.) |
21-2 |
132 |
| 24 |
NR |
The Master's (Calif.) |
7-5 |
116 |
| 25 |
NR |
Taylor (Ind.) |
19-7 |
108 |
Receiving Votes: Saint Xavier (Ill.) 89, Columbia (Mo.) 83, Providence (Mont.) 58, Science & Arts (Okla.) 50. Pikeville (Ky.) 39, Oklahoma City 38, St. Francis (Ill.) 36, Rust (Miss.) 34, Dordt (Iowa) 30, Talladega (Ala.) 23, Bellevue (Neb.) 16, Bethel (Tenn.) 16, LSU Shreveport (La.) 15, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 14, Northwestern (Iowa) 12, Tabor (Kan.) 10,
Eastern Oregon 5, Benedictine (Kan.) 3, Bryan (Tenn.) 3
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Independents and Unaffiliated Groups.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered low ratings) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”